When Kateryna Dembovska’s husband went missing in action in May last year, she was told all that was left of him and his unit was one body and two black bags in a Mykolaiv morgue. It led her into a year-long conflict with Ukraine's military bureaucracy. opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine…

"People left and sold their houses for construction material." Isobel Koshiw speaks to 8 Ukrainians who recently returned from Russian-occupied territory about how the occupation "works". opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine…

Top Ukrainian officials are pushing a behind-the-scenes initiative to set up their own trade union consultation body in an effort to reduce the power of the country’s largest union associations, Serhiy Guz and I report. opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine…

Dear friends. I regret to announce that oDR will close this month due to fundraising difficulties. It’s been a wild ride, and I’m hugely grateful to all of our readers for joining us on it.

My last text for oDR as it's closing. It was my pleasure to work with Tom Rowley Valeria CK Daniel Trilling and cover Ukraine in an original and powerful way! Open to job offers, projects and freelance work from January! opendemocracy.net/en/odr/frontli…

One of our final texts: Igor Burdyga digs into the thousands of Ukrainian civilians who have gone missing in Russian detention - and why it is so hard to get them exchanged. opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine…

Верховний суд РФ розглянув касаційну скаргу на вирок українському правозахиснику та військовополоненому Максиму Буткевичу й залишив вердикт без змін. graty.me/news/ya-u-pory…

First: huge kudos to the tireless oDR team for their deep, thoughtful coverage of the Ukraine war (& the wider region over more than a decade) Tom Rowley Valeria CK katia farbar Polina Aronson Tatyana Dvornikova &all who came before❤️ opendemocracy.net/en/odr/

Today marks a year that we have been working and living without our editor and dear friend Sasha Kravchuk. We are grateful he was, we are extremely sad he’s gone. You can read our warmest memories in the article dedicated to Sasha. commons.com.ua/en/tribute-ole…

"Nowadays in Ukraine we see geographical and structural spaces where the radical exhaustion of social reproduction is taking place." Read the article of our editor Oksana Dutchak on the impacts of war and neoliberal policies on the care infrastructure. commons.com.ua/en/doglyad-v-u…

Україна обговорює новий Трудовий кодекс, який може кардинально змінити умови праці⬇️ radiosvoboda.org/a/novyy-proyek…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a world treasure. For 75-years, this storied organization has made the world safer. Audiences view us as lifelines to the free world. Attempts to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty would be a massive gift to America's enemies, many of whom are already celebrating

Virtually everyone I know at Voice of America, from various language services, received emails today stating that they had been placed on indefinite leave. This means that, as of now, VOA, which broadcasts in 49 languages around the globe, has suspended all of its activities.

Близько 80% українських біженців працевлаштувалися – дослідження radiosvoboda.org/a/ty-iak-stan-…